Couple Concrete Pad Questions

[sandman2234]

Easiest way to control TOO MUCH ADDED water is to keep a water hose AWAY from the pour. Keeping one handy for cleanup is necessary, but giving most people a hose while the pour is going on is asking for trouble. Right amount of manpower, right slump of concrete and a reasonable temperature while pouring and a hose isn't needed on the pour, just a bucket of water for the finishers.
I haven't poured concrete lately, but when I was pouring it, we would pour 100 cubic yards a day, and that didn't include the smaller jobs, just the main ones. 54"x26" bridge girders, 100' long, 3 at a time.
David from jax

I disagree about wire, haveing demo'd many driveway slabs, a true 6" concrete slab with WWF in the middle is very difficult to brake up with a rubber tired hoe. Concrete with out wire, or with wire under the concrete normally brakes with only a hit or two.

Now techinically WWF is only there to prevent cracking from curing, and not as a reinforcement. For true reinforcement #2 wire, like found in reinforced concrete pipe or #4+ rebar in a grid.

Bottom line is its a concrete slab, don't over think it.
1. Compact your base well
2. Reinforce for your use
3. Order good 3000+ psi mud
4. Don't over wet it, but some water is ok (10 gallons or so, maybe 15)
5. Finish slick or broom
6. Cut control joints